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Monday, November 17, 2014

...the next thing I knew I was asking him if he believed in God...

November 17, 2014

This week was really great. We got a lot done, and had a
bunch of fun, and we are getting to know the members a lot better, and so this
week has been a little easier. One neat thing, is that we have found a neat way
of teaching the restoration, and that is by going through the little points in
the 30 to 40 minute lesson in preach my gospel, and so it is helping us be able
to teach more effectively. I've never taught like this before in my mission,
and I really want to learn it better, and do the same for all the lessons. I've learned a ton just studying as a companionship
the basic doctrines, and I realized that I skip a lot of the plain and precious
truths preach my gospel has in it. It's really been a great week of study. My
companion is amazing. It's been really great to learn and work with
him.

Some other stuff this week was a bunch of ward activities,
just as a single adults activity where there were six missionaries, and we all
had a little part to testify about, but it all got confused somehow...and then
ended really awkwardly with a weird kind of dance thing....the food was good
though, so I'm not complaining! We also
went to another activity that was supposed to be a family talent type thing,
that we were asked to go to, but it turned into just a dance...only there wasn't
an age limit. So we left early....after grabbing food, of course:) and then Sunday
was the primary program, which was really fun to see. The songs are weird in Spanish though...I couldn't
sing along. Oh well:)

Oh, I forgot to write about a little blessing we had. We were in a pueblo that is part of our area,
and as we were walking, my companion had to go to the bathroom, so we stopped
at a bar so he could go. Well, we walked in and nobody was there, except for
the bartender at a table, who asked us what we needed and then went back to
reading. Well, I was just kinda standing
there all awkwardly, when the bartender asked me from what company we were
from, in broken Spanish, and the next thing I knew I was asking him if he believed
in God, and sitting down at the table talking with him. He's from China, and
has been here for ten years, and he really doesn't know all that much about
religion, but he said he would love to read the Book of Mormon, but he can't
because he can't read Spanish very well. So when we told him we had one in Chinese, he
was super excited.We set up a visit for
us to go back, and when we went back he was really excited to be able to read
it and understand. He's a great guy,
and so now we'll just see what happens. It
was a pretty neat little experience though. And I got to give out a Book of Mormon in Chinese,
so that's pretty great too.